A High Prevalence of Occludable Angles in a Vietnamese Population
| Autor: | Patricia C. Wong, Ngoc Tinh Nguyen, Justin S. Mora, Albert S. Ma, Henry Tran, Michelle M. Gaffney, Andrew G. Iwach, Christopher J. Dickens |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Vietnamese Population Gonioscopy Glaucoma Age Distribution Framingham Heart Study Anterior Eye Segment Ophthalmology Prevalence medicine Humans Sex Distribution Risk factor Child education Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged medicine.disease language.human_language Vietnam Population Surveillance language Population study Female San Francisco Glaucoma Angle-Closure business |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmology. 103:1426-1431 |
| ISSN: | 0161-6420 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To assess the prevalence of occludable angles in a Vietnamese population. , Methods: The authors retrospectively reviewed the angle status in 482 Vietnamese patients who presented to a general ophthalmology practice. All angles were graded by a glaucoma specialist according to the Shaffer method. Patients were excluded if they had known glaucoma or narrow angles, or a history of trauma or intraocular surgery. Results: A total of 29.5% of all patients surveyed and 47.8% of those 55 years of age or older had grade 0 to 2 angles. In the Framingham study, 3.8% of white patients 55 years of age or older had grade 0 to 2 angles.' Of the patients in our study population, 8.5% had grade 0 to 1 angles and were considered at high risk for occlusion. Conclusions: Vietnamese patients have a much higher prevalence of narrow angles and a greater risk of angle-closure glaucoma than white patients. |
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